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'What happens if I am killed?' Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks out about threats
Star Tribune ^ | 5/06/23 | Hunter Woodall

Posted on 05/12/2023 6:58:47 AM PDT by Libloather

WASHINGTON - Death threats are a persistent part of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's life.

"I have to have regular conversations with my kids: 'What happens if I am killed?'" Omar said in an interview. "I have to have regular conversations with them about how to walk down the street, things to look for."

Since the Minneapolis Democrat won her congressional seat in 2018, two men have pleaded guilty to threatening to kill her. Omar's name, along with those of other prominent Democrats and some media figures, was found on a list put together by a man federal prosecutors warned "stockpiled assault weapons, studied violence, and intended to exact retribution on minorities and those he considered traitors."

In the most recent incident of threatening behavior, a man accused of starting fires at two Minneapolis mosques allegedly vandalized Omar's congressional office nearby and sent harassing emails.

When Democrats ran the House during her first four years in office, Omar said she could count on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to make sure she had the help and protection she needed. She said she lacks that confidence with the new Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy.

"I don't know if I feel confident that if things were to rise to a dangerous level again if I can rely on the current speaker to take my safety and the safety of some of my other former vulnerable colleagues [seriously]," said Omar, the first Somali American and one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress.

A spokesman for McCarthy responded in an email that the speaker "has made clear his expectation that politics must be separated from security and has empowered the House Sergeant at Arms to work with U.S. Capitol Police to protect all Members of Congress as they deem necessary."

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KEYWORDS: brother; fakenews; ilhanomar; justatease; kook; minnesota; omar; rop; waronterror; whataboutit
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To: janetjanet998

LOL!


81 posted on 05/12/2023 9:26:37 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Libloather

Let me think about that, maybe we celebrate.


82 posted on 05/12/2023 9:32:00 AM PDT by Rappini (Hope means coming in second.)
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To: ryderann
Party time!

Exactly.

83 posted on 05/12/2023 9:36:40 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Libloather

Death threats are nothing new for those fighting against the likes of Ilhan Omar.


84 posted on 05/12/2023 9:43:10 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Libloather

No one would care.


85 posted on 05/12/2023 10:17:40 AM PDT by oil_dude
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To: Libloather

We have a party at the graveyard with plenty of non-bud light beer and recycle that to water the grass on your grave.


86 posted on 05/12/2023 10:21:07 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
I'd suggest a steak dinner with all the trimmings.

87 posted on 05/12/2023 10:32:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Libloather

Uh, who cares?


88 posted on 05/12/2023 10:33:16 AM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: ryderann

She’s just a big tease to the Right.


89 posted on 05/12/2023 10:35:01 AM PDT by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: Libloather

That’s not a question you want to ask if you want an honest answer.


90 posted on 05/12/2023 10:37:12 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Mother said don't put beans in your ears)
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To: Libloather
When Democrats ran the House during her first four years in office, Omar said she could count on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to make sure she had the help and protection she needed. She said she lacks that confidence with the new Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy.

Kevin McCarthy is personally responsible for the protection and safety of Ilhan Omar?

91 posted on 05/12/2023 10:50:57 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Libloather

What happens if you are Killed?” -0mar

You would be dead Ilhan same as anyone else.

5.56mm


92 posted on 05/12/2023 10:55:05 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: Libloather

The US becomes a slightly safer and better place. Like asking what would the world be like without Idi Amin.


93 posted on 05/12/2023 11:01:02 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (Repent, turn back to your first Love. If you do well you will be blessed, if not...America 2023)
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To: Glad2bnuts
Like asking what would the world be like without Idi Amin.

That's Idi Amin Dada...Two D's, Two A's and One Gun!


94 posted on 05/12/2023 11:03:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

Celebration.


95 posted on 05/12/2023 11:30:16 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Vigilanteman

It would prove there is a God in Heaven.


96 posted on 05/12/2023 11:53:24 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: Libloather

Hmmm...
Tough question...
Personally, I’d shrug my shoulders and make use of the “memory hole”...


97 posted on 05/12/2023 1:00:44 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Libloather

Your husbro will notice.


98 posted on 05/12/2023 6:31:47 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Libloather

The collective IQ of the country goes up 3 points, the average amount of corruption goes down 3 points, and terrorists all over the world will mourn the loss of their queen. And Satan will reward his good and faithful servant.


99 posted on 05/12/2023 10:26:21 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: Shady
Don’t kill her, just vote her out of office if you can. Problem solved.

Yep. Had an Army buddy from ND that advocated violence.....HATED the slimy little Tom Daschle. Said thinks like killing him because they had a Rep. Governor and such. When Daschle was ousted by a Republican and bounced by Obama, he had a mental breakdown. I have another friend in DC that knows his wife from Kansas (where I was based and lived a while). She said he had a very hard time being rejected by voters AND the Kenyan Marxist Muslim. He is making millions though lobbying but has no Power.

Conclusion: Watching them suffer from defeat is more gratifying than violence.....so far. Lets keep it that way if we can.

100 posted on 05/13/2023 6:49:46 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Das dicke Ende kommt noc!)
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